248 THE GAME FOWL. 



marked difference being in the size of the comb and wattles. 

 They are comparatively destitute of neck and rump hackles. 

 The colour is usually similar to that of a Partridge ; the legs 

 are dark and smooth, the eyes lustrous, and the plume-feathers 

 are shorter and less brilliant than those of other Fowls. 



In size, they compare favourably with other Game Fowls. 

 Their general aspect is ferocious, and their movements are 

 lively and graceful. They are what "cockers" call/as^ fight- 

 ers. The particular Fowls here described, one of which is 

 represented in frhe picture, are those obtained by me from 

 John Giles, Esq., of Providence, and Dr. Eben Wight, of 

 Dedham, and are now owned by C. W. Mead, of Chicopee, 

 and Samuel Parker, of Worcester. 



The Hen portrayed above, is an imported Cuban Game Fowl, 

 now owned by Mr. Mead. This breed are perfectly black, and 

 have all the points of the best sorts of Game Fowls. Their 

 prowess is wonderful, and it is rarely the case that one of them 

 survives a defeat. 



The following letter from Col. Adam G. Summer, of Poma- 

 ria, S. C., to the author, gives so ample and beautiful a de- 

 scription of this Fowl, that further comment, here, is unne- 

 cessary : 



" This unique variety was introduced in 1844, by General 

 Waddy Thompson, of that State, on his return from Mexico. 

 It is a favourite variety with the Mexicans, and their Mexican 

 name is " Gallus Gallenos" Hen-Cock, from the fact that 

 the male birds have short broad tails, and, in colour and plu- 

 mage, the appearance of the Hens of the same variety differing 

 only in the combs which is very large and erect in the Cocks, 

 and small in the Hens. 



" In Mexico, they are fought without training, and the Com- 

 mon Game Cook will not attack these hen-looking Cocks until 

 it is too late. The Mexican Cock is generally Pheasant- 



